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The New "Moderates": ISIS Fig Leaf for Other Extremists
by Samuel Westrop
• October 3, 2014 at 5:00 am
The
emergence of ultra-violent groups in the Middle East has allowed non-violent
extremist groups in the West to claim an undeserved moral credibility. ISIS
is the ideal fig-leaf. Even al-Qaeda, by comparison, now looks
"moderate."
Many of
those Muslim groups that condemned ISIS have a long history of promoting
extremism themselves. It turns out, for example, that senior officials at Al
Muntada Trust -- which recently published a statement condemning ISIS, signed
by nine other Islamic organizations -- have worked closely with Nabil
al-Awadi, a "key financier" of ISIS.
The recent videotaped beheadings of Western hostages by ISIS have
provided fundamentalists in the West with the opportunity to express shock
and outrage at such barbarism -- and implicitly to claim their own Islamist
narrative as good.
It is difficult to find an Islamic charity or lobby group in Britain
that has not publicly voiced its disgust at ISIS. On the face of it, this is
welcome news. After all, if Muslim community organizations were releasing
statements in support of ISIS, Britain's prospects would look fragile
indeed.
Many of those Muslim groups that have condemned ISIS, however, have a
long history of promoting extremism themselves. It turns out, for example,
that senior officials at Al Muntada Trust -- which recently published a
statement condemning ISIS, signed by nine other Islamic organizations -- have
worked closely with Nabil al-Awadi, a "key financier" of ISIS.
Palestinians: We Hate You, Even If You Support Us
by Khaled Abu Toameh
• October 3, 2014 at 4:30 am
The two
incidents once again prove that peace is impossible unless Palestinians stop
inciting their people against Israel and Jews.
As the
result of more than two decades of ongoing incitement, some Palestinians and
Arabs can no longer distinguish between those who support them and those who
stand against them.
Because
of the indoctrination, a growing number of people in Arab and Islamic
countries regard all Israelis as "settlers."
Two incidents that took place at university campuses in the West Bank in
the past few days serve as a reminder that some Palestinians have no problem
attacking or threatening even those who support and try to help them.
It is not the first time that Palestinians are ungrateful to those who
take pains to reach out to them.
Of course, there is no logic in targeting those who work hard to help
you and your people. But who said that Palestinians, or anyone else, always
act in according with their interests and in a rational way?
Over the past two decades, Palestinians, like most Arabs, have been
subjected to a large-scale campaign of incitement against Israel and the US.
This is a campaign that is being waged through the media, especially Arab and
Islamic TV stations, the internet, mosques and the rhetoric of leaders and
politicians.
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The New "Moderates": ISIS Fig Leaf for Other Extremists
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